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On the 16th [Annotators Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...

Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...

Bailey continued on. After he passed Naha [Annotators Note: May 1945, Naha, Okinawa] he encountered civilians for the...

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze...

The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...

Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

After Okinawa, James Odom went back to Guam. They heard a "message to all ships" about the signing of the peace treaty...

Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...

After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

Russell Clay found that his wartime experience as a barber in the Navy meant little in transitioning to civilian barber...

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